Podcasts, Incorporating Evidence, and Writing Some More

Block Schedule
Wednesday: 1, 3, 5
Thursday: 2, 4, 6

Goal: Listen to a podcast as new evidence and write more of our final writing task

Agenda: 
Read
Podcast Response
How To: Evidence
Writing Time
Exit Slip: Self Evaluation

1. Podcast Response 
There is a podcast listed below about each social group. Your job is to listen and respond to a few questions in your English Journal. Click on the link below to go to your podcast:
Immigrants
Asian Americans
African Americans
Latino/a Americans
American Muslims
Native Americans
Women
LGBTQ+
Individuals with Disabilities
Refugees

• There are questions on THIS DOCUMENT for you to respond to as you listen to the podcast. Copy and paste the questions into your English Journal. 
• If you are one of the few who chose a different social group, you may need to search for a podcast. Try NPR as a starting point. 
• You can use this podcast as a resource in your final writing task.
• *If you need headphones, you might need to share with someone. We only have a few pairs to share between the whole class, so if you have your own, please use them.

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Your photos will have captions like this,
where your source will be linked below.

2. How To Incorporate Your Evidence 
Since you're writing a dynamic writing assignment that will eventually be posted as a blog post, you can take advantage of LINKS and IMAGES.

An example of an image with a caption you can see to the RIGHT. Your images should correspond to the topic about which you are writing. You MUST include a link to the image source in your work.

You should also link sources. You should have a MINIMUM of three sources linked. Here are two different examples of ways you can link sources:

According to History.com's account of the Stonewall Riots, the 1950s and 1960s were not a particularly safe time for the LGBT community.  However, the riots began to help bring these issues to light and served as a "catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world." 

Native Americans have played several roles throughout modern US History, including in the military. For example, the Navajo Code Talkers were "an elite, top-secret group" that helped with military communications, according to the article, "Last of the Navajo Code Talkers Dies at 93." 

This is Chester Nez, one of the Navajo Code Talkers
described in this article.

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3. Writing Time 

• Your writing task template is in Google Classroom. 
• Your goal today should be writing your BODY paragraphs. 
• These paragraphs should probably focus on identity, diversity, and justice. The questions are listed in your "Windows and Mirrors" resource. Use those to help guide your writing. 
• We will have time to write an intro and conclusion next week. 
• You do not HAVE to follow a specific structure, but if that helps to guide your thinking, you can use the outline written on the board.

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4. Exit Slip: Self Evaluation 

Click HERE to complete a form to let me know how you're doing. What kinds of supports do you
need to successfully complete this assignment?
2nd period: This is due by 9:15 AM.

Reminders:

• See you next week! We don't have school this Friday or Monday, so if you feel compelled, you might want to write a little bit this weekend. We only have one more class period dedicated to this writing. 
• Writing deadlines are as follows: 
• Draft grade (end of period that day):     1, 3, 5: 5/28      2, 4, 6: 5/29 
• Due for Peer Feedback: 6/4
• Due for Final Grade: 6/5